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Finding reliable, forward-thinking employees and working to create
strong, safety conscious corporate cultures where people feel empowered
to innovate, contribute and grow is what all companies strive to
achieve.

Finding reliable, forward-thinking employees and working to create strong, safety conscious corporate cultures where people feel empowered to innovate, contribute and grow is what all companies strive to achieve.

This was one of the salient themes conveyed at the 10th annual CHC Safety & Quality Summit March 31-April 2 at the Westin Bayshore Hotel and Conference Centre in Vancouver, B.C., as some of the aviation industry’s most prominent leaders shared a foundation of safety excellence to the more than 800 delegates from around the globe.

Striving to make safety goals a reality starts with effective leadership at the top, and creating a sound corporate culture also works to keep employees empowered, motivated and primed to succeed. As CHC president and CEO Bill Amelio stressed in his opening remarks on the first day of the conference, without such a framework in place, organizations make themselves highly vulnerable, exposing them to risk and stagnation.

Creating strong corporate cultures and finding dynamic employees to fuel the technological demands of tomorrow remains one of the greatest challenges facing Canadian aviation and aerospace organizations today.

Countless global surveys indicate that a rapidly retiring workforce in North America and abroad coupled with an increased demand for skilled pilots, aircraft maintenance engineers, software engineers and more, has created a looming employment crisis – one that demands the immediate attention from various levels of government, industry and academia.

Marry this with the increased demands for fleet enhancements and expansion in many markets around the globe, and an enhanced commitment for all organizations nationwide to establish a forward thinking, sound corporate structure is paramount.

Finding and nurturing Gen Next to fill this impending shortfall is a responsibility shared by all – industry, government and academia.

Fortunately, there are countless examples to illustrate just how industry is working in concert with academia and government to develop and nurture aviation and aerospace students nationwide. These initiatives do an excellent job of helping to prepare young aviators for the future demands in rotary- and fixed-wing operations and the Canadian aerospace industry as a whole.

At Wings and Helicopters magazines, we are striving to do our part. Our recent aerospace series in both magazines, for example, highlighted many of these initiatives, and we will continue to feature future collaborative efforts.

Look for much more on this key initiative in future issues of Wings and Helicopters magazines.

In helping to unite the industry and do our part to influence change, we have also developed other initiatives to nurture the development of future aviation and aerospace leaders.

For example, our Careers in Aviation events this year in Toronto and Calgary did a tremendous job of uniting high school and college students with industry leaders, flight schools, educational institutions and more, to provide students with a better understanding of opportunities available to them. And our Top 10 Under 40 features that will run in both magazines (July/August issue of Wings and July/August/September issue of Helicopters) will showcase future leaders at work at their organizations right now.

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